$5 per envelope working at home! scam or not?
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scam
It doesn't take a nuclear physicists to figure this one out.When in doubt contact the BBB.
That's totally bogus --any legit form of employment doesn't require you pay any kind of money. You would be blindly sending money to someone who isn't obligated to send you anything in return. I would look up the name of the company with the better business bureau www.bbb.gov
I've heard of it before. I think if you read the fine print it might say "up to $5.00 per envelope" or something like that. I doubt that it says $5.00 per envelope. Either that, or the process of stuffing the envelope is so complex that you could only do 2 in an hour if that. There's always a catch. An excellent rule of thumb is that if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. If this were real, lots of people would be taking the offer and they wouldn't have to advertise it. If you have $40.00 and it won't hurt you too much to lose it, give it a try, but I think you will be taken. Another possibility is that you send in your $40.00 and never hear from them again.
Scam
"Envelope stuffing. Promoters usually advertise that, for a "small" fee, they will tell you how to earn money stuffing envelopes at home. Later - when it's too late - you find out that the promoter never had any employment to offer. Instead, for your fee, you're likely to get a letter telling you to place the same "envelope-stuffing" ad in newspapers or magazines, or to send the ad to friends and relatives. The only way you'll earn money is if people respond to your work-at-home ad."
Clearly it is a total scam. Think about it, how many letters could you do in an hour? Maybe 10, maybe 50? So you think this company that want YOU TO PAY THEM UPFRONT is going to pay you $50-$250 per hour to work from home?
Don't you think it would make more sense for them to hire someone at their office and pay them $15 per hour, or buy a machine that fills envelopes?
This business idea just makes no sense. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is not true.
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it doesnt work as well as you might think. in order to make any real money, you have to have like 1000 envelopes. imagine your kitchen or living room filled with boxes of envelopes. i recently started a home business with a company called photomax. this is part of a one billion dollar company that has just launched an 85 billion dollar trend.we're looking for a few key leaders to build a tram right in your area to take this division national and then global. go to jrobregon1.mywayout.net for info on how you can take advantage of this wonderful opportunity.
I say it is a scam never heard of them don,t do it buddy there looking for a hoilday sucker
Its a scam. I tried it too.
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If they are providing you with all the materials why are you going to pay them to work for them not smart and did they forget to tell you that you have to pay all the postage to leave it alone
scams.
Hope these job websites can help you.
http://hotjobs.yahoo.com
http://www.craigslist.org
http://www.usejob.com
Maybe you can find real work at home jobs.
This has been going on since the 1970s and yet people continue to send their $40 payments in for the opportunity to make big money stuffing envelopes from home. Can you imagine how much money that company is making for the informational packages, salaries, postage, and mainly the advertising fees to recruit more people? They are not offering to pay you $5 to stuff an envelope. they are showing you how YOU can get $5 an envelope to solicit your friends to solicit friends to solicit friends with each person paying $40 and you make $5 guaranteed. If you can't get people to sign up, you don't get your $5 but if you do, it's guaranteed. If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. This "scam" is not illegal because they are fulfilling their promise to send you the informational package. They will pay you $5 for each envelope you get a reply to. If you do go that route, might I suggest mailing your envelopes to an insane asylum where you can at least make new friends before you end up there?
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I've come across four legitimate opportunities whereby you can work from home. As far as I can tell however, these offers will not supplement a full time job income. You can definatly make some extra spending money on the side (as I have) through these sites and the best part of it is that you will never give these people a credit card number or money. It's as simple as joining and discontinuing participation if you discover it's not for you. Basically these offers involve reading emails, surveys and refering other people to join the site through a link you're provided with. The sites are below if you're interested. Good luck
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Its a scam. What happens is you have to go out and get the addresses to put on the envelopes you send out. You will be sending them information telling them to do essentially the same thing you are doing, for each envelope that you send out that gets someone to send in $40, you will be paid $5. The result is that every time someone sends in $40 you get $5. But YOU have to come up with the addresses, YOU have to address the envelopes, You have to do all the work. For every 100 you send out you might get 2-3 responses. This is all AFTER you send in YOUR $40. This is a form of chain letter and likely a violation of postal regulations.
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I own my own business working at home with a few programs.
Having been in your situation a little while back I looked into a LOT of programs, some of which were scams (a good many), some of which paid but not enough to make it worth your time, and a very few that actually worked. The one that was supposed to pay me $5 per envelope turne dout to be $5 per RETURNED envelope, i.e. other customers who paid them $40 to send out the letters to more folks who would again pay them $40. Big chain and they made a killing while you paid for all the supplies and postage.
Be wary of programs that want you to pay a large start-up fee. Read thoroughly their terms of service and make sure they are going to be offering you a service worth that fee.
In resources I will list a few of the companies that I've found to actually pay worth the time I put into them. Keep in mind that not every program will work for you and be selective. Track the results you get from each program.
Good luck finding the one that works best for you!
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